Michael Flynn selling home to pay for legal fees after pleading guilty in Trump probe
Michael Flynn, the former national security adviser to President Trump who pleaded guilty late last year to lying to the FBI, is selling his Virginia home in order to pay his mounting legal bills, according to a report Tuesday.
Family members of the retired three-star Army general told ABC News he put his home in the Old Town neighborhood of Alexandria — just outside Washington, D.C. — on the market in December with an asking price of $895,000.
The 13-year-old, three-bedroom townhome is worth $841,508, according to RE/MAX , and was purchased three years ago for $774,000.
Any money made from the sale of the home will go toward Flynn’s legal fees, his youngest brother, Joe Flynn, told ABC News.
"I'm not going to sugarcoat it, this has been a trying experience,” Joe Flynn said of his brother Michael's situation. "It has been a crucible and it's not over."
Joe Flynn said family members have coordinated a legal defense fund for the former Trump administration official to collect donations from supporters.
Michael Flynn resigned from his role in the White House on Feb. 1, 2017 after working as Trump’s national security adviser for less than a month, and pleaded guilty on Dec. 1 to making false statements to the FBI.
His resignation came amid revelations he misled administration officials about his communications with Sergey Kislyak, Russia’s ambassador to the U.S.
Flynn’s guilty plea was part of a deal that involves his full cooperation with investigators in Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian meddling during the 2016 election and the Trump campaign’s involvement.
A source close to Flynn said financial and emotional pressure helped lead to the decision to plead guilty, rather than endure a drawn-out court battle.
Flynn tweeted or retreated multiple conspiracy theories attacking Clinton and other Democrats. His son, his chief of staff, was even worse, he was seen wearing an Infowars tee shirt on his Facebook page.
Flynn and son are not good guys.
Let trump pay Flynn's legal bills.
Oh, that's not going to happen.
Flynn is on a long and hard fall to the bottom.
I am shocked that Fox News or Breitbart havent started a fund to cover all his legal expenses. I guess he's not as popular with that crowd as we were led to believe.
Obviously I practised law in the wrong country.
Once the Feds are involved, the process is the punishment. defendants can either plead guilty or go bankrupt. Pleading to a crime you didn't commit is often the rational choice.
False.
In all sorts of matters, legal, financial and otherwise, the decades of historical records clearly indicate many people and businesses that had dealings with Trump and Trump controlled entities, losing money is a common outcome. At least ( and as long as Flynn remains truthful ) he will not lose his freedom.